Overview
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Nov. 25 re-arrested Masayuki Hosono, 51, on suspicion of violating the Entertainment Business Law by offering sexual services in Yushima, a prohibited area.
- The alleged offense centers on the Relax Time shop in Bunkyo Ward, where police say a female employee in her 30s was made to provide sexual services on Nov. 4.
- Hosono was first arrested on Nov. 4 on suspicion of violating labor standards laws after a Thai girl, then 12, was made to work at the shop during June and July.
- According to police, the child had been left at the store by her mother, and authorities have protected her as a trafficking victim.
- Asahi reports Hosono admitted knowing the operation was illegal, and investigators estimate the business began around October 2023 and took in about 15 million yen by this month.